---
title: "HTTPie CLI API Testing and Debugging Client"
description: "HTTPie is a modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client designed for testing, debugging, and interacting with APIs and HTTP servers. It provides an intuitive syntax with formatted and colorized terminal output, built-in JSON support, and session persistence."
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/httpie/cli"
category:
  - "Developer Tools"
framework:
  - "Claude Code"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "httpie/cli"
  github_stars: 37814
---

# HTTPie CLI API Testing and Debugging Client

HTTPie is a modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client designed for testing, debugging, and interacting with APIs and HTTP servers. It provides an intuitive syntax with formatted and colorized terminal output, built-in JSON support, and session persistence.

## Installation

Choose whichever fits your setup:

1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/httpie-cli-api-testing-debugging-client/)